Cibyra brunnea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Cibyra |
| Species: | C. brunnea
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| Cibyra brunnea Schaus, 1901
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Cibyra brunnea is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1901 and is known from Venezuela and Peru.[1]
The wingspan is about 31 mm. The forewings are light brown, the costa spotted with black. There is a basal and inner oblique row of dark brown spots, as well as a median row of large brown spots. There are also three silvery spots and a broad outer brown shade, edged on either side with dark brown and then fawn. The hindwings are dull blackish brown.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ Schaus, William (June 1901). "New Species of Heterocera from Tropical America. II". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 9 (2): 73–77. JSTOR 25002931.
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